I have a high-risk profession in the cultivation world.

"Cough cough, you should go back to your room and heal your wounds. Get some rest for the night."

Luo Suichen: "Master →↗↘→, I was worried about you and have been staying here to keep watch. I don't have my own room... Are you upset that I'm getting in your way? I'll leave now."

Then he slowly began to move backward. When he turned around, his wrist bumped against the corner of the table, which happened to touch a wound. Luo Suichen hissed and hid his hand behind his back. He looked at Chu Chenmu with wet eyes and said in a flustered manner, "Achen is fine...Achen will leave now."

Then she turned around and muttered to herself as if talking to herself, but Chu Chenmu could hear her clearly, "I just don't know if the innkeeper still has a room available for me to clean up so late. But it doesn't matter if they don't. I can just wait outside all night. It doesn't matter where Achen is. The important thing is not to disturb Master."

Chu Chenmu looked at the scene before him and felt that something was off, but he didn't have time to think about it. He only knew that he might have said something bad, otherwise why would Luo Suichen's mood be so obviously off, like a little dog whimpering after being kicked by its owner?

But that wasn't his intention, so he quickly said, "No, no, I... that's not what I meant. You can rest here tonight, and I'll keep watch for you."

Upon hearing this, Luo Suichen stopped in his tracks, turned his back to Chu Chenmu, and curled the corners of his lips into a smile. "Thank you, Master."

Then he slowly walked to the bedside and sat down on the floor at the foot of the bed. "Achen won't disturb Master's rest. It's fine for Achen to be here."

Chu Chenmu felt even more guilty. In fact, he was still wary, wondering if what happened in Muliu Town was a smokescreen by Luo Suichen, and whether he had some ulterior motive. After all, no matter what, Luo Suichen would eventually kill him, but... he could feel Luo Suichen's softened attitude towards him these days. Did that mean that in Luo Suichen's heart, he wasn't as heinous as he seemed?

Since what I did was different from the original story, Luo Suichen no longer suffered the same torment as in his previous life. Would he also change his opinion of me?

Putting aside the future, at least in the present, don't you feel that Chu Chenmu is different from his previous life? Don't you feel that Chu Chenmu is actually a passable master?

Then... should I try to keep a calm mind and pretend that I don't know the original plot or that the boy in front of me actually wants to kill me?

Let's just be an ordinary master and apprentice.

The final result can't be any worse than the original story, which was torn to pieces.

Having figured all this out, the gloom that had been weighing on Chu Chenmu's heart finally dissipated. He patted the spot next to him and said to Luo Suichen in a relaxed tone, "Come up to me in bed, it's big enough."

Luo Suichen was somewhat surprised; this was the first time Chu Chenmu had expressed a desire to get closer to him. Of course, forcibly dragging him into seclusion didn't count—even a fool could see that he had ulterior motives.

Luo Suichen obediently climbed onto Chu Chenmu's bed, saying, "I'm glad Master doesn't mind that I'm dirty."

Chu Chenmu glanced at it and scoffed; it really wasn't very clean. Luckily it was winter, otherwise the wound might have gotten infected.

Chu Chenmu raised his chin. "Can you do it yourself?"

Luo Suichen understood the implication in Chu Chenmu's words: if she said no, was he going to help her apply the medicine?

“Ah Chen can do it, but… the wound on his back might be a bit difficult.” Luo Suichen’s eyes narrowed slightly.